Albania in mourning, first semi not broadcast

Albania mourns the death of 12 University students who were killed when their bus dived into a ravine on Monday. As a result the Albanian broadcaster was granted permission not to broadcast the first Eurovision Song Contest semi-final tonight. Subsequently, there will be no televoting and the jury votes from last night’s Dress Rehearsal will be the ones determining the country’s favourites.

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